He was just such a good person. Not cocky and arrogant, but just a great athlete. I think all the kids are going to terribly miss him.

Miami is what made me like this -- cocky, arrogant.

I’m in the habit of employing either sharks or mice.

... Melissa. Where are you planning to go?" His voice was nasally, shit, he knew I had no idea where to go.
"Well if you didn't change the apartment I was staying in I would. I was going to stay in a hotel"
"How will you do that without your purse, sweetcheeks?" he sounded so damn cocky. I wanted to hit him, somehow through the phone.
"Look, wait there, ill come down. We should talk anyway"
"I have nothing to say" I grumbled
"I have plenty" and he hung up.

I think he had friendships with not only kids in the Camp Point and Southeastern area, but he had quite a few friendships with kids in the Quincy area, too.

It's important to make sure (the gymnasts) don't get overconfident or too cocky or too arrogant. We've had teams in the past that would've responded to that (ranking), but these girls are not like that. They're very professional in their approach. It's been pretty much a textbook season in terms of us teaching and them responding.